Compare Stocks: FE, AEP, LNT, and CMS

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEP American Electric Power	$124.23 +1.2%	$122.69	$112.54 ▼ $140.58	$66.86B	0.48	4.17 million shs	1.90 million shs
CMS CMS Energy	$65.79 +0.5%	$67.34	$62.28 ▼ $80.36	$20.54B	0.32	4.14 million shs	3.03 million shs
FE FirstEnergy	$45.36 +0.8%	$45.77	$42.67 ▼ $52.34	$26.04B	0.43	4.33 million shs	4.06 million shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$66.46 +0.9%	$67.18	$62.54 ▼ $78.81	$17.07B	0.52	2.94 million shs	2.84 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEP American Electric Power	+1.16%	+3.76%	+0.73%	-7.94%	+6.14%
CMS CMS Energy	+0.52%	+2.72%	-2.06%	-12.48%	-11.10%
FE FirstEnergy	+0.86%	+3.94%	-1.67%	-7.84%	-3.32%
LNT Alliant Energy	+0.93%	+3.38%	-1.19%	-12.91%	-1.90%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEP American Electric Power	$124.23 +1.2%	$122.69	$112.54 ▼ $140.58	$66.86B	0.48	4.17 million shs	1.90 million shs
CMS CMS Energy	$65.79 +0.5%	$67.34	$62.28 ▼ $80.36	$20.54B	0.32	4.14 million shs	3.03 million shs
FE FirstEnergy	$45.36 +0.8%	$45.77	$42.67 ▼ $52.34	$26.04B	0.43	4.33 million shs	4.06 million shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$66.46 +0.9%	$67.18	$62.54 ▼ $78.81	$17.07B	0.52	2.94 million shs	2.84 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEP American Electric Power	+1.16%	+3.76%	+0.73%	-7.94%	+6.14%
CMS CMS Energy	+0.52%	+2.72%	-2.06%	-12.48%	-11.10%
FE FirstEnergy	+0.86%	+3.94%	-1.67%	-7.84%	-3.32%
LNT Alliant Energy	+0.93%	+3.38%	-1.19%	-12.91%	-1.90%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEP American Electric Power	2.61	Moderate Buy	$138.91	11.82% Upside
CMS CMS Energy	2.50	Moderate Buy	$79.19	20.36% Upside
FE FirstEnergy	2.50	Moderate Buy	$51.73	14.03% Upside
LNT Alliant Energy	2.64	Moderate Buy	$76.55	15.18% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest FE, AEP, LNT, and CMS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/12/2026	AEP American Electric Power	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Overweight	$133.00
10/12/2026	FE FirstEnergy	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$47.00
10/12/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$75.00
10/12/2026	AEP American Electric Power	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$129.00 ➝ $120.00
10/12/2026	FE FirstEnergy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$54.00 ➝ $49.00
10/8/2026	CMS CMS Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
10/6/2026	CMS CMS Energy	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$73.00
10/6/2026	CMS CMS Energy	Capital One Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$73.00
10/6/2026	CMS CMS Energy	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$77.00 ➝ $73.00
10/1/2026	CMS CMS Energy	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Outperform	$78.00
9/30/2026	AEP American Electric Power	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform	$140.00 ➝ $131.00

(Data available from 10/12/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AEP American Electric Power	$21.88B	3.09	$12.49 per share	9.95	$59.57 per share	2.09
CMS CMS Energy	$8.54B	2.42	$7.88 per share	8.35	$30.96 per share	2.13
FE FirstEnergy	$15.83B	1.66	$5.27 per share	8.60	$24.11 per share	1.88
LNT Alliant Energy	$4.36B	3.95	$6.58 per share	10.10	$28.53 per share	2.33

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AEP American Electric Power	$3.58B	$5.83	21.31	18.08	2.60	13.78%	9.95%	2.79%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
CMS CMS Energy	$1.07B	$3.33	19.76	15.82	2.40	11.64%	10.76%	2.62%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
FE FirstEnergy	$1.02B	$1.88	24.13	15.38	2.60	6.86%	10.51%	2.62%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
LNT Alliant Energy	$810M	$3.16	21.03	18.06	2.77	18.45%	11.16%	3.31%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)

Latest FE, AEP, LNT, and CMS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	LNT Alliant Energy	$1.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.29 billion	N/A
10/28/2026	Q3 2026	AEP American Electric Power	$2.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.45 billion	N/A
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	CMS CMS Energy	$1.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.17 billion	N/A
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	FE FirstEnergy	$0.9310	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.32 billion	N/A
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	AEP American Electric Power	$1.48	$1.36	-$0.12	$1.30	$5.34 billion	$5.45 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	LNT Alliant Energy	$0.5790	$0.65	+$0.0710	$0.65	$896.94 million	$971.00 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	CMS CMS Energy	$0.3588	$0.37	+$0.0112	$0.37	$1.87 billion	$1.83 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	FE FirstEnergy	$0.5020	$0.50	-$0.0020	$0.50	$3.51 billion	$3.68 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEP American Electric Power	$3.80	3.06%	+5.66%	65.18%	15 Years
CMS CMS Energy	$2.28	3.47%	+5.89%	68.47%	3 Years
FE FirstEnergy	$1.86	4.10%	+2.44%	98.94%	3 Years
LNT Alliant Energy	$2.14	3.22%	+5.96%	67.72%	22 Years

Latest FE, AEP, LNT, and CMS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/29/2026	FE FirstEnergy	quarterly	$0.4650	4.27%	11/6/2026	11/6/2026	12/1/2026
7/20/2026	AEP American Electric Power	quarterly	$0.95	3.09%	8/10/2026	8/10/2026	9/10/2026
7/20/2026	CMS CMS Energy	quarterly	$0.57	3.21%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	9/1/2026
7/22/2026	FE FirstEnergy	quarterly	$0.4650	3.92%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	9/1/2026
7/16/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	quarterly	$0.5350	3.02%	7/31/2026	7/31/2026	8/17/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEP American Electric Power	1.44	0.50	0.38
CMS CMS Energy	1.81	0.94	0.67
FE FirstEnergy	1.88	0.54	0.45
LNT Alliant Energy	1.41	0.47	0.35

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	75.24%
CMS CMS Energy	93.57%
FE FirstEnergy	89.41%
LNT Alliant Energy	79.90%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	0.05%
CMS CMS Energy	0.50%
FE FirstEnergy	0.14%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.26%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEP American Electric Power	17,581	544.40 million	544.13 million	Optionable
CMS CMS Energy	8,350	313.58 million	312.01 million	Optionable
FE FirstEnergy	11,186	578.64 million	577.83 million	Optionable
LNT Alliant Energy	2,948	259.29 million	258.61 million	Optionable

FE, AEP, LNT, and CMS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Jefferies Adjusts Price Target on Alliant Energy to $75 From $80

October 12 at 7:53 PM | marketscreener.comM

Alliant Energy Corporation Announces Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

October 12 at 5:00 PM | businesswire.com

Can Alliant Energy's Diversified Generation Portfolio Support Growth?

October 12 at 12:51 PM | zacks.com

Zacks Research Weighs in on Alliant Energy FY2028 Earnings

October 6, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Zacks Research Boosts Earnings Estimates for Alliant Energy

October 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) Reaches New 1-Year Low - Here's What Happened

October 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Scotiabank Adjusts Price Target on Alliant Energy to $66 From $74, Keeps Sector Perform Rating

September 30, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Alliant Energy stock at USD 63.60 on September 28, 2026

September 28, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy: Growing Demand Still Has To Earn Its Cost Of Capital

September 27, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Alliant Energy Corporation: This Utility Company May Energize Your Portfolio

September 25, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Utilities Companies: Portland GE (POR) and Alliant Energy (LNT)

September 25, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

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September 23, 2026 | es.investing.com

Is Alliant Energy Stock Underperforming the Nasdaq?

September 23, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) Reaches New 1-Year Low - Here's Why

September 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

September 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Alliant Energy stock heads into the open after a modest gain

September 21, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy stock edges lower as utilities stay range-bound

September 21, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy stock edges lower ahead of the open

September 21, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) Rating Increased to Sell at Wall Street Zen

September 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Can LNT's Infrastructure Investments Support Long-Term Growth?

September 18, 2026 | zacks.com

Alliant Energy stock holds near lower end of 52-week range as data-center rate plan advances

September 17, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

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FE, AEP, LNT, and CMS Company Descriptions

American Electric Power NASDAQ:AEP

$124.23 +1.42 (+1.16%)

Closing price 10/12/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

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$125.25 +1.02 (+0.82%)

As of 10/12/2026 07:57 PM Eastern

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

CMS Energy NYSE:CMS

$65.79 +0.30 (+0.46%)

Closing price 10/12/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$65.78 -0.02 (-0.03%)

As of 10/12/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

CMS Energy Corporation operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. The company operates through three segments: Electric Utility; Gas Utility; and Enterprises. The Electric Utility segment is involved in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. This segment generates electricity through coal, wind, gas, renewable energy, oil, and nuclear sources. Its distribution system comprises 208 miles of high-voltage distribution overhead lines; 4 miles of high-voltage distribution underground lines; 4,428 miles of high-voltage distribution overhead lines; 19 miles of high-voltage distribution underground lines; 82,474 miles of electric distribution overhead lines; 9,395 miles of underground distribution lines; 1,093 substations; and 3 battery facilities. The Gas Utility segment engages in the purchase, transmission, storage, distribution, and sale of natural gas, which includes 2,392 miles of transmission lines; 15 gas storage fields; 28,065 miles of distribution mains; and 8 compressor stations. The Enterprises segment is involved in the independent power production and marketing, including the development and operation of renewable generation. It serves 1.9 million electric and 1.8 million gas customers, including residential, commercial, and diversified industrial customers. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Jackson, Michigan.

FirstEnergy NYSE:FE

$45.36 +0.36 (+0.80%)

Closing price 10/12/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$45.18 -0.19 (-0.41%)

As of 10/12/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

FirstEnergy Corp., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in the United States. It operates through Regulated Distribution and Regulated Transmission segments. The company owns and operates coal-fired, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and solar power generating facilities. It operates 24,080 circuit miles of overhead and underground transmission lines; and electric distribution systems, including 274,518 miles of overhead pole line and underground conduit carrying primary, secondary, and street lighting circuits. The company serves approximately 6 million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. FirstEnergy Corp. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Akron, Ohio.

Alliant Energy NASDAQ:LNT

$66.46 +0.61 (+0.93%)

Closing price 10/12/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$66.46 0.00 (-0.01%)

As of 10/12/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Alliant Energy Corporation operates as a utility holding company that provides regulated electricity and natural gas services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Utility Electric Operations, Utility Gas Operations, and Utility Other. The company, through its subsidiary, Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), primarily generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Iowa; sells electricity to wholesale customers in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa; and generates and distributes steam in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Alliant Energy Corporation, through its other subsidiary, Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Wisconsin; and sells electricity to wholesale customers in Wisconsin. It serves retail customers in the farming, agriculture, industrial manufacturing, chemical, packaging, and food industries, as well as wholesale customers comprising municipalities and rural electric cooperatives. In addition, the company owns and operates a short-line rail freight service in Iowa; a Mississippi River barge, rail, and truck freight terminal in Illinois; freight brokerage services; wind turbine blade recycling services; and a rail-served warehouse in Iowa. Further, it holds interests in a natural gas-fired electric generating unit near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin; and a wind farm located in Oklahoma. The company was formerly known as Interstate Energy Corp. and changed its name to Alliant Energy Corporation in May 1999. Alliant Energy Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

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